Practically all of Telluride’s unionized ski patrollers voted to strike final night time after weeks working and not using a contract. In response, Telluride Ski Resort says it plans to shut fully as of Saturday. “As a result of Ski Patrol’s unlucky option to strike, we now have made the troublesome choice to dose the resort on Saturday, December twenty seventh,” the resort stated on its web site. “At present, we do not know how lengthy their strike will final so we are going to proceed to work on a plan that enables us to securely open once more as quickly as doable.” In latest weeks, the ski resort has been promoting for short-term ski patrol positions within the occasion of a strike. It additionally tried recruiting healthcare staff from Montrose with a proposal of free season passes.
The United Mountain Staff union says it opted to strike solely after months of negotiations reached an deadlock. The earlier contract with Telluride expired on August thirty first. “Tonight, after painful consideration, the Telluride Skilled Ski Patrol has licensed a piece stoppage to start Dec 27 with a 99% sure vote,” the union stated on Instagram. “Regardless of in depth effort and motion from TPSPA to keep away from this final result, the corporate continues to push a 2.5 week previous Final, Greatest and Closing Supply that doesn’t tackle our issues. The $65,000 hole between 3 yr proposals displays unwillingness from the corporate to repair a damaged wage construction. We’d like a pathway to draw and retain, and the present proposal from Telski is just a bandaid, not a long run resolution.” Telluride Ski Resort says it supplied a direct 13 % wage improve for the 2025/26 season and a assured minimal Value of Dwelling Improve of 5 % within the 2026/27 and 2027/28 seasons.
Seven chairlifts had been working at Telluride as of this morning. The Telluride-Mountain Village Gondola is operated by the City of Mountain Village and never anticipated to shut. Telluride says all raise ticket and lesson merchandise shall be mechanically refunded throughout the closure. Season passholders may also obtain prorated refunds primarily based on the variety of days impacted. “We’re actively working with our companions at Vail Resorts to develop an answer for friends who bought Epic Cross merchandise for his or her Telluride go to,” Telski famous.
